The DNews has to keep writing these lame, hypothetical articles about BYU's
greatly diminished relevance in college football and basketball. It's
nauseating. Utah is moving on and BYU can't get an invite to ANY decent
conference.......end of story.

It's hard to make excuses when all of their sports but one finished with
losing records in the pac12 but I'd like to hear what they come up with as
well. My guess is we'll either not hear from any of them on here or else
they'll all just post "54-10" a bunch of times.

Of course,
some delusional Utah fans will continue to spout their false propaganda about
BYU's "diminished relevance in college football and basketball",
but the truth is, conference affiliation doesn't mean diddly if U finish at
the BOTTOM of the conference with a LOSING conference record in EVERY men's
sport.

Congrats to BYU on winning the most coveted, most prestigious, most anticipated
trophy in all of sports. With it's long history and tradition, this award
is what our great rivalry has really always been about. We humbly cede bragging
rights to you, though it seems your most ardent fans have already taken them.
Hats off to you sirs.

BYU got rid of their football meltdown, sent him to Kansas. Two years with
Heaps, two losses to Utah. It will be a sad year for Utah next year, they
won't be able to win anything against the Cougs....oops, except gymnastics.

I won't mince words. This is unacceptable for Ytah to take this kind if
beating across all sports. The outcome in football is great, even with that
"Top 25" finish by the Cougars. The other results show just how intently
Mr. Hill has ignored all other sports in favor of football. Especially our once
proud basketball program. Shame.

It would be interesting to see what the results would have been if this had
been around for 10 or 20 or 30 years. I'm pretty sure it would still come
out with BYU winning 80%+ over any time frame you want to look at. It's
been great being a Cougar for a very long time and the future is only going to
be even better.

As a Utah Grad - I proudly carry my Cougar Club membership card with me wherever
I go and I thoroughly enjoy the wholesome game day atmosphere I experience as a
season ticket holder. I'm proud of what BYU accomplishes across the board
with their Football, Basketball and Baseball teams, as well as their Olympic
sports Cheer and Dance teams (Cougarettes - I'm mean like how many times
have they been National Champions?). I also appreciate their dominance in their
club teams. Ruby is awesome (National Champion) and let's not forget
BYU's Lacrosse Club who is a perennial national power in the MCLA league.
I think it's time for BYU Lacrosse to go NCAA. Also - Is it true that the
Utah Lacrosse club has NEVER beaten BYU in Lacrosse - ever? I'm proud that
my kids have chosen to attend BYU over other schools in the state. When you
look at the big picture BYU really is in a league of their own - and I for one
like the big picture view.

@Utah-Hawaii Alum "The DNews has to keep writing these lame, hypothetical
articles about BYU's greatly diminished relevance in college football and
basketball."

Basketball? Really? This comment adds perspective
to all your other comments.

BYU has a commanding lead in all other
sports over Utah, except Football and Gymnastics over the last decade -
including basketball.

And in football it's not as big of
difference as Utes would like to make it out to be. Since 2000 you've won
7 of 12, but the last 6 matchups are tied at 3 wins a piece. If it wasn't
for the Crowton era, BYU would have dominated at football also.

Good for BYU, at least it gives sammyg and Ducky some smack material until
mid-September when one goes into the "fetal" position and the other to
Tulsa for a week.

Personally, my only concern is losing in
basketball. Except for gymnastics I don't recall ever watching/following
any other Utah program. Losing is never good, but priority is football and then
basketball.

As far as football the biggest game of this season is:

Take 2: Pac-12 games we can't wait for (ESPN)

Kevin
Gemmell: I too enjoy a good measuring-stick game -- and I don't think there
is a bigger one early in the season than USC's trip to Utah on Oct. 4...

USC has the stronger offense -- even Utah fans won't dispute what
the Trojans bring to the table with Matt Barkley and Co.-- but Utah's
defensive line is as good as it gets. And one cannot throw the ball if
one's face is buried in the turf.

This projects to be a brutal,
physical game with the winner taking decisive command of the Pac-12 South.

Let's put this into perspective sir. I was on the
UH golf team, WAC days, when BYU won their bogus NC in football. Actually, UH
should have beaten the Cougs that year, Wyoming as well at LES. BYU was a
private school with UNLIMITED amounts of money, competing against obscure
state-owned schools in "once," sparsely populated regions. Of course BYU
had every advantage.......and we ALL knew it. Why do you think that nobody likes
BYU sir? They act terribly. boastful, condescending and arrogant. Well, years
ago, they could claim that. Now, because they are so despised by EVERY fan-base
that they have ever competed against, these state-owned schools like Utah that
have made some serious noise, while BYU hasn't, and have passed them by in
the 21st century....... Let me tell you something sir......"America's
team," every week, is their(BYU's) opponent. BYU is a done deal my
friend. And, It is about darn time. BYU is last century's bizarre
aberration. You need to "realize" that in your obvious life of
"folly."

Congratulations to BYU and isn't it exciting to read the same posts from
the same posters over and over again? Will be interesting to see how this phony
competions works as the U is able to increase the athletic budget over the next
few years. Regardless, I would trade a football win for losses in swimming,
tennis, and soccer every year.

And in football it's not as big of difference as
Utes would like to make it out to be. Since 2000 you've won 7 of 12, but
the last 6 matchups are tied at 3 wins a piece. If it wasn't for the
Crowton era, BYU would have dominated at football also.

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Actually since 2000 Utah is 7 of 11, the 12th game is
this year. Over the last 6 years the three wins for BYU were only because of
miracles, missed coverage/tackles by Utah. If it wasn't for those miracles
BYU couldn't beat Utah without Edwards and Chow.

Speaking of
"domination" Utah has destroyed BYU 3 times in 8 years while BYU
can't seem to beat Utah by more than 7 points since 1996.